The Role

Join Dalea's founding team and help build the financial foundation as we scale our live MVP into the leading data platform for BioPharma and Life-Sciences. You'll establish our financial infrastructure, drive funding strategies, and ensure we have the capital and operational discipline to support our growing academic customer base and expand into commercial markets.

Our Financial Landscape

• Current Stage: Live MVP with validated product-market fit and existing customer base

• Upcoming Milestone: Academic version launching in Autumn 2025

• Funding: Seeking pre-seed/seed funding to support development and market expansion

• Business Model: SaaS platform, initially focused on academic adoption, looking to move into B2B in 2026

What You'll Do

• Fundraising Leadership: Drive our pre-seed/seed funding round - create compelling investor materials showcasing our dual-market opportunity, build financial models for both academic and B2B segments, and manage the entire fundraising process.

• Model Growth: Develop financial projections that account for our academic launch, B2B development timeline, and the unique value proposition of our intuitive

• Shape Go-to-Market Strategy: Partner with leadership to evaluate pricing models for client segments, assess market sizing opportunities, and make data-driven decisions about resource allocation across our development tracks.

• Prepare for Commercial Scale: Build financial frameworks that demonstrate our path from academic validation to significant B2B revenue, highlighting the competitive advantages of our unique capabilities.

• Lead Financial Vision: As an early co-founder, you'll set the financial and strategic framework that will guide the company through academic launch and commercial expansion.

Who You Are

• Fundraising Expert: Experience with early-stage fundraising, investor relations and creating compelling financial narratives for product roadmaps.

• Strategic Builder: You enjoy building financial models and translating market potential into investor-ready presentations.

• Collaborative Founder: You communicate clearly and embrace a hands-on mentality.

• Domain Curiosity: Eager to learn about Life Science business models and bioinformatics market dynamics - even if this is your first time in the field.

What We Offer

• Equity: A co-founder stake in the company

• Impact: See your efforts accelerate real scientific research across academic and commercial markets.

• Autonomy: Directly shape the technologies, influencing the layers you are passionate about.

• Flexibility: Remote and off-hours work as you see fit, with regular meetings online/in-person.

We hire for drive and talent - your background matters less than your attitude and approach.

If this sounds like a role for you, or you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us.